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substandard

[ suhb-stan-derd ]

adjective

  1. below standard or less than adequate:

    substandard housing conditions.

  2. noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as uneducated; nonstandard.
  3. Insurance.
    1. not measuring up to an insurer's regular standards in undertaking risks:

      a substandard risk.

    2. pertaining to insurance written to cover substandard risks.


substandard

/ sʌbˈstændəd /

adjective

  1. below an established or required standard
  2. another word for nonstandard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of substandard1

First recorded in 1895–1900; sub- + standard
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Example Sentences

Colorado’s attorneys urged the court to affirm the view that “the 1st Amendment allows states to reasonably regulate professional conduct to protect patients from substandard treatment, even when that regulation incidentally burdens speech.”

Rogue landlords in England will face curbs on how much benefit they can receive if their properties are substandard, the government has announced as it unveiled £300m to build more affordable housing.

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Many people have come forward to share their own bad experiences with alleged substandard drugs.

From BBC

The panel, which presented their findings at a press conference in central London, attributed some deaths to natural causes and some to substandard care.

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In fact, he spoke unrelentingly about the interlocking systems of inequity: inadequate, substandard housing, inferior public schools, unsustainable low-wage jobs and lack of access to quality health care.

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